Topics tagged civil-engineering

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget Context infrastructure , civil-engineering , construction	1	45	22 March 2023
Why Rivers Change Their Courses Context fluid-mechanics , civil-engineering , fluvial-geomorphology , river , hydrology	0	59	8 March 2023
Asbestos-Cement “Transite” Pipe for Water Mains Continuity civil-engineering , transite , asbestos-cement , water-main	0	70	17 February 2023
Driving on Styrofoam—Lightweight Backfill for Highway Embankments Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , embankment , soil-settling , lightweight-backfill	0	72	8 February 2023
Silting of Dammed Reservoirs, Prevention and Removal Context civil-engineering , silting , reservoir	0	88	27 January 2023
Dam Spillway Design Context civil-engineering , dam , spillway	0	106	4 January 2023
Rebuilding a Hurricane-Damaged Causeway in 15 Days Continuity florida , civil-engineering , hurricane , emergency-repair	5	149	25 December 2022
“Black Start” of the Electrical Power Grid after a Widespread Outage Continuity civil-engineering , electrical-power-grid , black-start , cold-start	7	192	12 December 2022
Electrical Grid Failure and Societal Collapse Continuity civil-engineering , electrical-power-grid , systemic-failure , scada , water-and-sewage-infrastructure	18	216	27 November 2022
The River with an “On-Off” Switch Context fluid-mechanics , civil-engineering , artificial-river , hydrodynamics , university-of-sherbrooke-canada	0	103	16 November 2022
The Thames Tunnel—Beneath the River with Brunel Father and Son Continuity london , civil-engineering , thames-tunnel , marc-brunel , isambard-kingdom-brunel	0	128	6 November 2022
Battling Rust: High-Performance Coatings (Don’t Call ’Em Paint) Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , corrosion , coatings , paint	0	114	5 October 2022
Bungling Bridge Building in Texas Context texas , civil-engineering , corpus-christi-harbor-bridge , suspension-bridge	3	220	25 September 2022
Cathodic Protection to Prevent Corrosion Tracking with Closeups chemistry , civil-engineering , corrosion , cathodic-protection , sacrificial-anode	0	125	8 September 2022
Behind the 2022 Floods in Yellowstone National Park Tracking with Closeups united-states , civil-engineering , yellowstone-national-park , floods	3	167	6 September 2022
An Earthquake Simulator Context seismology , civil-engineering , earthquake-engineering	0	117	30 August 2022
How Groundwater Interacts with Dams and Buried Structures Tracking with Closeups groundwater , dams , caissons , civil-engineering	1	171	22 August 2022
Reliable Water Supply from Variable Sources: Dams and Reservoirs Continuity dams , civil-engineering , reservoirs , firm-yield	2	146	20 July 2022
Horizontal Directional Drilling—Installing Underground Pipelines without Trenching Tracking with Closeups infrastructure , civil-engineering , pipeline	4	198	9 July 2022
Four Myths about Construction Context foundations , civil-engineering , concrete , planned-obsolescence	0	147	23 June 2022